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Meanwhile, J.B. Hunt and other over-the-road shippers have been shrinking their traditional trucking operations in favor of moving goods intermodally, meaning using two or more modes of transportation.

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"Maybe a big consumer goods company ships 25 percent intermodally utilizing both rail and trucks on a single trip today," Rose says.

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Rail service has improved, and it often makes more sense from a cost standpoint to ship intermodally, because on longer lengths of haul, like over 1,500 miles, a shipper can use a truck-rail combo, which is intermodal, and save approximately 15%-20% versus truck, with service levels that are no longer much different.

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Rail service has improved, and it often makes more sense from a cost standpoint to ship intermodally, because on longer lengths of haul, like over 1,500 miles, a shipper can use a truck-rail combo, which is intermodal, and save approximately 15%-20% versus truck, with service levels that are no longer much different.

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For companies that are interested in keeping track of exactly where a shipment is at any given moment, shipping intermodally could be a nightmare.

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This year Ball plans to send roughly 2,100 loads intermodally, up from the 2,000 it sent last year and dramatically up from the 700 it sent in

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